{"id":10013,"date":"2020-05-29T06:38:55","date_gmt":"2020-05-29T11:38:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/doctors-without-border-come-to-aid-of-navajo-the-nations-most-populous-reservation-has-a-higher-per-capita-coronavirus-infection-rate-than-any-state\/"},"modified":"2020-05-29T06:38:55","modified_gmt":"2020-05-29T11:38:55","slug":"doctors-without-border-come-to-aid-of-navajo-the-nations-most-populous-reservation-has-a-higher-per-capita-coronavirus-infection-rate-than-any-state","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unitedresourceconnection.org\/cannon-ball-nd-58528\/doctors-without-border-come-to-aid-of-navajo-the-nations-most-populous-reservation-has-a-higher-per-capita-coronavirus-infection-rate-than-any-state\/","title":{"rendered":"Doctors Without Border come to aid of Navajo The nation\u2019s most populous reservation has a higher per capita coronavirus infection rate than any state."},"content":{"rendered":"
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By Mary Papenfuss<\/p>\n

A health team from Doctors Without Borders has been dispatched to the Navajo Nation to help the tribe\u2019s struggle with a rate of coronavirus infections that\u2019s higher than any state in America.
\nAs of Sunday, the country\u2019s most populous reservation had logged at least 100 deaths due to the coronavirus and 3,122 infections among its nearly 174,000 people. The reservation includes parts of Utah, New Mexico and Arizona.
\nDoctors Without Borders typically sends health teams to resource-strapped international conflict zones. But the need for health help is dire in Native American communities.
\n\u201cHistorically, the Navajo Nation has not received the same attention and resources as other communities in the U.S., and that has made it particularly difficult for them to respond to this unprecedented epidemic,\u201d Jean Stowell, head of Doctors Without Borders\u2019 U.S. COVID-19 response team, told CNN.
\nNative American communities in general have a \u201cmuch higher risk for complications from COVID-19 and also from community spread because they don\u2019t have access to the variety of things that make it possible to self-isolate,\u201d Stowell told CBS News. \u201cYou can\u2019t expect people to isolate if they have to drive 100 miles to get food and water.\u201d
\nAn estimated 40% of homes in the Navajo Nation have running water, making hygiene recommendations to thwart COVID-19 extremely challenging. In addition, residents have limited health care resources, and critical patients have to be airlifted to hospitals off the reservation.
\nThe Navajo people also have a high rate of diabetes and hypertension, making them particularly vulnerable to the coronavirus.
\n\u201cI think it\u2019s difficult for Americans to realize how big this country is and how the needs are so different in each place,\u201d Stowell said. \u201cThe needs of the Native American community are challenging because they look so different than the needs elsewhere, so they require a pretty significant coordinated effort.\u201d
\nThe team from Doctors Without Borders includes two physicians, three nurses, two supply and organization coordinators, a water sanitation specialist, and a community health education expert. They\u2019ll stay at least through the end of June, Stowell said<\/p>\n

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By Mary Papenfuss A health team from Doctors Without Borders has been dispatched to the Navajo Nation to help the tribe\u2019s struggle with a rate of coronavirus infections that\u2019s higher than any state in America. As of Sunday, the country\u2019s most populous reservation had logged at least 100 deaths due <\/p>\n

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